Sunday in the Trenches With George

James Lapine’s book shows how he and Stephen Sondheim invested two years of work to burnish their musical from an avant-garde near-disaster to a mainstream classic.

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Little Island Unveils Free Monthlong Festival With Over 450 Artists

The festival, which runs from Aug. 11 to Sept. 5, features a flurry of music, dance, and comedy performances from both established and emerging artists.

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City Plans Central Park Concert for the Vaccinated: Springsteen, Santana and More

LL Cool J, Elvis Costello, Andrea Bocelli, Carlos Santana and the New York Philharmonic will join Bruce Springsteen in performances Aug. 21 on the Great Lawn.

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Britney Spears Files to Remove Father Jamie Spears From Conservatorship

More than 13 years after a strict legal arrangement gave James P. Spears control of the singer’s affairs, a new lawyer for Ms. Spears asked the court to remove him from the arrangement.

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Elliot Lawrence, Award-Winning Conductor, Dies at 96

He led a big band, conducted on Broadway, collected Emmys and for nearly 50 years led the orchestra on the annual Tony Awards broadcast.

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Britney Spears Files to Remove Her Father From Conservatorship

More than 13 years after a strict legal arrangement gave James P. Spears control of the singer’s affairs, a new lawyer for Ms. Spears asked the court to remove him from the arrangement.

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Pop Smoke’s Second Posthumous Album, ‘Faith,’ Hits No. 1

The new release by the Brooklyn rapper, who was shot and killed last year, tops Billboard, but fell short of his studio debut.

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Review: To a Rare King Arthur Opera, Bard Says ‘Welcome Back’

Superb singers and a clear production make a strong case for Ernest Chausson’s seldom heard “Le Roi Arthus.”

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Review: At Wagner’s Festival, a ‘Dutchman’ Never Sails

With neither ship nor sea, Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new Bayreuth Festival staging recasts the opera as a tale of violent revenge.

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The Salzburg Festival Opens in Search of Elusive Peace

Salzburg is back, opening with a week of Ouverture Spirituelle concerts that project the ideal of paradise on the pandemonium of reality.

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